reign

Meanings

1. The exercise of sovereign power.
2. The period during which a monarch rules.
3. The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

1. To exercise sovereign power, to rule as a monarch.
2. To reign over (a country)
3. To be the winner of the most recent iteration of a competition.
4. To be a dominant quality of a place or situation; to prevail, predominate, rule.

1. A male given name.

Etymology

From Middle English regnen, from Old French reignier, from the Latin verb rēgnō, and the noun rēgnum. Doublet of regnum. Displaced native Old English rīċe (“a reign”) and ricsian (“to reign”).